The Gros Ventre Range ( ) is part of the

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and is located west of the

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. The highest summit in the range is Doubletop Peak at . The Gros Ventre Range is mostly within the

Gros Ventre Wilderness The Gros Ventre Wilderness ( ) is located in Bridger-Teton National Forest in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Most of the Gros Ventre Range is located within the wilderness. U.S. Wilderness Areas do not allow motorized or mechanized vehicles, incl ...

Bridger–Teton National Forest Bridger–Teton National Forest is located in western Wyoming, United States. The forest consists of , making it the third largest National Forest outside Alaska. The forest stretches from Yellowstone National Park, along the eastern boundary ...

. To the northwest of the range lies the valley known as

Jackson Hole Jackson Hole (originally called Jackson's Hole by mountain men) is a valley between the Gros Ventre and Teton mountain ranges in the U.S. state of Wyoming, near the border with Idaho, in Teton County, one of the richest counties in the Unite ...

Snow King Snow King Mountain is a summer and winter resort in the western United States, in Jackson, Wyoming. The mountain is Jackson's original 1936 ski hill, located on the southeast edge of the city, and was the first ski area in Wyoming. Locals someti ...

ski resort is in the range adjacent to the town of

Jackson, Wyoming Jackson is a town in Teton County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 10,760 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 9,577 in 2010. It is the largest town in Teton County and its county seat. Jackson is the principal town of ...

. Also in the Gros Ventre Range is the

Gros Ventre landslide The Gros Ventre landslide ( ) is in the Gros Ventre Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming, United States. The Gros Ventre landslide is east of Jackson Hole valley and Grand Teton National Park. The landslide occurred on June 23, ...

, which in 1925 slid down the north slope of Sheep Mountain.

Tallest peaks in the range

*1. Doubletop Peak *2. Black Peak *3.

Darwin Peak Darwin may refer to: Common meanings * Charles Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection * Darwin, Northern Territory, a territorial capital city ...

*4.

Antoinette Peak Antoinette is a given name, that is a diminutive feminine form of Antoine and Antonia (from Latin ''Antonius''). People with the name include: Nobles * Antoinette de Maignelais, Baroness of Villequier by marriage (1434–1474), mistress of C ...

*5.

Tosi Peak Tosi may refer to: * Tosi (Nepal) People * Adelaide Tosi (c. 1800–1859), Italian operatic soprano * Alessandro Tosi (born 2001), Sammarinese footballer * Anahi Tosi (born 1998), Argentine female volleyball player * Arturo Tosi (1871–195 ...

*6. Sheep Mountain *7.

Gros Peak Gros may refer to: People *Gros (surname) * Gross (surname), the German variant of Gros * Le Gros, the Norman variant of Gros Other uses * Gros (coinage), a type of 13th-century silver coinage of France * Gros (grape), another name for Elbling, ...

*8. Pinnacle Peak *9.

Jackson Peak Jackson Peak is a peak, 1,255 m, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Sumrall Peak in the Cordiner Peaks, Pensacola Mountains in Antarctica. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956 ...

*10.

Mount Leidy Mount Leidy is a summit in Teton County, Wyoming, in the United States. With an elevation of , Mount Leidy is the 424th highest summit in the state of Wyoming. The mountain was named for Joseph Leidy Joseph Mellick Leidy (September 9, 1823 – ...

Cited references

Landforms of Teton County, Wyoming Ranges of the Rocky Mountains Bridger–Teton National Forest Mountain ranges of Wyoming {{Wyoming-geo-stub